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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about Little Red Dots
Links:
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14383
arxiv.org/pdf/2603.17967
aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2026/03/aa57594-25.pdf
academic.oup.com/mnras/article/548/1/staf2109/8607050?login=false
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae4c88/pdf
arxiv.org/pdf/2601.14368
Previous videos:
youtu.be/V21YRa5Sy9M
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youtube.com/watch?v=-oX7tfz80DU
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#astronomy #cosmology #littlereddot
0:00 Little red dot mystery
2:45 New hints and additional observations
4:05 New study - X-ray dot
5:20 Black hole star explanation
6:25 QSO1 proves black hole origin
7:55 Are they all the same though?
8:55 Implications and why this matters for astronomy
10:05 Additional nearby objects found
11:40 Conclusions
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads)
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about Little Red Dots
Links:
arxiv.org/pdf/2411.14383
arxiv.org/pdf/2603.17967
aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2026/03/aa57594-25.pdf
academic.oup.com/mnras/article/548/1/staf2109/8607050?login=false
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae4c88/pdf
arxiv.org/pdf/2601.14368
Previous videos:
youtu.be/V21YRa5Sy9M
youtu.be/tkkWrKMDzzk
youtube.com/watch?v=-oX7tfz80DU
youtube.com/watch?v=V2G5IR9gAqI
#astronomy #cosmology #littlereddot
0:00 Little red dot mystery
2:45 New hints and additional observations
4:05 New study - X-ray dot
5:20 Black hole star explanation
6:25 QSO1 proves black hole origin
7:55 Are they all the same though?
8:55 Implications and why this matters for astronomy
10:05 Additional nearby objects found
11:40 Conclusions
Enjoy and please subscribe
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The hardware used to record these videos:
New Camera: amzn.to/4pCVINS
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Motherboard: amzn.to/2JYGiQQ
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Microphone: amzn.to/2t5jTv0
Mixer: amzn.to/2JOL0oF
Recording and Editing: amzn.to/2LX6uvU
Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid.
Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel
Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships
Credit:
Mark Garlick markgarlick.com
Licenses used:
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
and relevant Creative Commons licenses
